KESTREL - CD KESTREL -EXPANDED-

Popis - KESTREL -EXPANDED-:
Newly re-mastered (and expanded) CD-edition of the classic sole album by Kestrel. Hailing from Newcastle, the band featured Tom Knowles (lead vocals), Dave Black (guitar, vocals), John Cook (keyboards, mellotron), Fenwick Moir (bass) and Dave Whitaker (drums). Having signed to Cube Records, Kestrel recorded their self titled album in 1975, with the majority of the compositions written by Dave Black. A fine example of melodic progressive rock, the album featured some outstanding tracks, including the gorgeous 'The Acrobat' and the stunning epic 'August Carol'. Inexplicably the album failed to sell in significant quantities and within a short time Kestrel disbanded, leaving just one album and a single as their recorded legacy. Four decades later 'Kestrel' is rightly regarded as an over-looked classic of the progressive rock era, with original vinyl copies being impossibly rare and changing hands for huge sums, particularly in Japan. This reissue includes six bonus tracks, four of them previously unreleased in the UK, and a booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and features a new essay.